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ANIMISM, COLONIALISM, AND THE DYNAMICS OF GENDER AND CASTE IN BENGAL: AN INTERSECTING IDENTITY OF SANKE WORSHIP AND DEVI MANASA IN THE 19TH CENTURY BENGAL
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Author(s):
ANIMESH MANNA
Vol - 17, Issue- 2 ,
Page(s) : 321 - 332
(2026 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
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Abstract
From at least the fifteenth century, the worship of Devi Manasa occupied a significant place in the religious life of Bengal, rooted in serpent symbolism, healing rites, and locally embedded ritual practices that developed largely outside Brahmanical institutional structures.
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